Isaiah 17

Isaiah 17:1

BEhold Damascus] this hath a relation to the taking and sacking of Damascus, and to the captivity of the people thereof by Tiglath-pilezer, 〈◊〉 King. 16. 9. Amos 1:5. and afterwards it was re-edified and inhabited by a new people.

Isaiah 17:2

The Cities] which were in the Tribe of Gal or Reuben, Numbers 32:34. Joshua 13:16; Joshua 13:25. and are here joyned with Damascus: because that Tiglath-pilezer that tooke Damascus, did also carry the Gadies, and the Reubanites into captivity, 1 Chronicles 5:26. for the ten Tribes were in league with the King of Syria, Isai. 7. 1, 2.

Isaiah 17:3

From Ephraim] that is to say, from the ten Tribes, named by the name of this which was the chiefest of them The Kingdome] because that after this conquest of the Assyrians, and the death of Rezin, Syria became a Province to Assyria, and being come againe into a prosperous state, was againe taken and pillaged by the Chaldeans, Jeremiah 49:23. They shall be] that is to say, the Syrians shall endure the same subversion of state, as the ten Tribes doe, Isaiah 7:16; Isaiah 8:4.

Isaiah 17:4

The glory of] namely, the power and Kingdome of the ten Tribes, which was first lessned by Tiglath-pilezer, and then afterwards quite over-throwne by Salmanezer, 2 King. 17. 6. The fatnesse] that is to say, his estate shall be much impoverished, and many of his commodities shall be taken away from him.

Isaiah 17:5

And it shall be] that is to say, they shall be all carried away into a strange Countrey like Cor that is reaped and carried away out of the field in time of harvest In the valley] which was neere to Jerusalem, and very much abounding in Corne.

Isaiah 17:6

Grapes] that is to say, some small remnant of people shall remaine in the Countrey.

Isaiah 17:7

At that day] when these calamities have hapned, that small remnant shall be converted to me, and to my true seruice: which came to passe in part under Iosias, 2 Chronicles 34:33. and was perfectly accomplished under Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 17:8

That which] namely, the Idols, the Groves which were consecrated by the Idolaters, Isai. 1. 29. Or the images] see Leviticus 26:30.

Isaiah 17:9

A forsaken Bough] namely, after all the fruit is shaken of.

Isaiah 17:10

Of the Rock] see Deuteronomy 3:1-29. 4. Shalt thou plant] thoushalt tke much paines, and use much industry in tilling of ground: but the fruit thereof shall be carried away by thine enemies.Strange slips] rare and excellent ips which were brought a great way either through curiosity, or for the rarenesse of them.

Isaiah 17:11

The day of griefe] namely of the last desolation of the Assyrians Country.

Isaiah 17:12

Woe to] a new prophecie of the discomfiture of the Assyrians Army by the Angel, 2 King. 19. 35. Of many people] or many sorts of divers Nations, whereof the Assyrians Army was composed.

Isaiah 17:14

Trouble] a horrible tumult, by reason of such a sudden slaughter.